Photographic material of unknown origin, collector or creator information, which have been deposited at the Horniman Museum and Gardens. This collection includes slides accessioned into the Horniman Museum Library, photographic prints, photograph albums and scrapbooks, film and glass negatives of varying size and glass lantern slides. Most of these collections are anthropological in subject matter, featuring photographic images taken predominantly in Asia.
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Photograph of the construction site of the Horniman Museum's West Hall with a workhorse in the foreground, May 1933
object | ARC/HMG/PH/BD/003/005
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Palm wine calabashes, Ibadan
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/542/006
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Slide of a woman in traditional dress
object | ARC/BAL/003/091
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Opening by Sir Archibald Geikie K.C.B., President of the Royal Society, of the Lecture Hall and New Library, Presented by Mr Emslie J. Horniman
object | ARC/HMG/PB/001/052
Collection Information
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